The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank R. Stockton

This story is about a man that loved a princess of a semi-barbaric king. When the king found out that he liked the princess, he put the man on trial. The king has a trial system that to some may be unfair. It is when the prisoner gets put in the king’s arena which has two doors. Behind one is a hungry tiger that will rip up the person. The other has a woman behind it ready to marry him.

The day of the trial came and everyone was watching. The door opened and the young man stepped out. He faced the king and the princess and used his eyes to ask the princess which one to pick. The princess flicked her hand to the right, so the man walked up and opened the door. A wife could come out or a hungry tiger, it all depended on the princess’s choice.

I think that it could be both because the princess knows who is behind each door. The wife that is going to marry him is her enemy. She could let him marry the woman, or she could let him die. She could have let him die because she could not bear to let the love of her life get married to another girl. She could have also let him live because she thinks that he should get the best. What came out? The lady or the tiger?